PLATTE RIVER BASIN

393109104464500 CHERRY CREEK NEAR PARKER, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°31'09", long 104°46'45", in SE14NW14NE14 sec.21, T.6 S., R.67 W., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 10190003, on right bank 200 ft upstream from Main Street, 1,100 ft downstream from mouth of Sulphur Gulch, and 0.8 mi west of City of Parker.

DRAINAGE AREA.--287 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1991 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=393109104464500

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,805 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Several diversions upstream from station for irrigation. Several measurements of specific conductance and water temperature were obtained and are published in the "Supplemental Water-Quality Data For Gaging Stations" section of this report.

Discharge, cubic feet per second 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAILY MEAN VALUES

DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	e1.7	4.4	5.5	4.6	4.4	10	47	22	12	8.0	3.3	8.8
2	e10	4.5	5.3	4.7	4.5	9.7	62	22	13	5.9	2.7	9.2
3	e8.8	4.8	5.4	4.5	3.8	9.5	64	22	12	5.6	4.0	8.9
4	e7.7	5.0	5.4	4.5	2.0	8.7	42	21	11	7.3	4.5	8.8
5	e6.8	5.0	4.8	4.7	2.7	7.9	29	20	22	7.5	4.9	e8.6
6	e6.0	5.0	4.6	4.5	5.2	8.3	22	20	17	7.6	4.8	e8.2
7	e5.7	5.2	4.7	4.5	5.7	7.8	16	20	20	7.9	4.8	e6.5
8	e5.6	4.1	4.8	4.4	5.9	7.8	13	19	14	7.4	5.0	e5.4
9	e5.3	5.5	4.8	4.5	5.8	7.3	12	18	12	7.6	4.9	e5.5
10	e5.1	6.0	4.5	4.6	5.6	7.2	10	24	24	7.8	5.0	e5.5
11	e5.1	5.9	4.7	4.6	4.9	7.0	11	21	13	7.6	6.4	e5.6
12	e5.0	5.9	4.7	5.0	5.1	6.8	11	19	10	7.6	6.8	e5.7
13	e4.9	5.9	4.6	3.6	6.2	6.2	10	18	9.1	7.5	5.5	e5.8
14	e4.7	5.2	5.0	3.7	6.9	5.8	9.0	17	8.0	6.5	5.6	e5.9
15	e4.7	5.1	5.1	3.6	7.6	4.6	11	17	7.9	e7.0	5.5	e5.9
16	e4.7	5.2	5.1	3.5	8.4	4.6	16	18	7.8	e7.0	5.3	e6.0
17	e4.5	6.2	4.9	4.4	8.7	5.3	11	19	9.3	e7.0	5.3	e6.1
18	e4.5	6.1	4.9	4.4	6.7	6.7	8.5	17	33	e7.0	4.7	e6.1
19	e4.5	5.5	4.9	4.4	7.4	7.9	12	15	47	e7.0	5.0	e6.2
20	e4.4	5.6	4.7	4.4	7.7	6.0	15	16	27	e7.1	5.3	e6.2
21	e4.3	5.2	4.8	4.3	6.7	5.7	14	15	18	e6.9	5.1	e6.1
22	e4.2	5.3	4.6	4.2	9.3	16	13	13	12	6.5	5.0	e6.0
23	e4.2	5.2	4.8	4.3	9.1	24	34	14	11	6.6	4.8	e6.2
24	e4.2	5.4	4.8	4.2	8.6	17	106	29	10	6.5	4.8	e6.3
25	e4.2	5.4	4.6	4.5	8.3	17	66	31	9.4	6.6	4.9	e6.4
26	4.2	5.1	4.7	4.4	8.9	25	120	16	9.0	15	5.0	e6.4
27	4.3	5.4	3.4	4.4	10	31	94	12	8.4	13	5.0	e6.4
28	4.3	5.2	4.4	4.8	10	22	42	11	8.8	8.2	4.1	e6.3
29	4.3	5.2	4.5	4.7	---	16	25	11	14	4.9	4.1	e6.4
30	4.3	5.3	4.6	2.8	---	17	21	10	10	4.2	15	e6.3
31	4.2	---	4.7	3.3	---	29	---	10	---	3.2	29	---
TOTAL	156.4	158.8	148.3	133.0	186.1	364.8	966.5	557	439.7	225.5	186.1	197.7
MEAN	5.05	5.29	4.78	4.29	6.65	11.8	32.2	18.0	14.7	7.27	6.00	6.59
MAX	10	6.2	5.5	5.0	10	31	120	31	47	15	29	9.2
MIN	1.7	4.1	3.4	2.8	2.0	4.6	8.5	10	7.8	3.2	2.7	5.4
AC-FT	310	315	294	264	369	724	1,920	1,100	872	447	369	392
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1992 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	3.88	5.20	6.04	7.84	11.3	16.8	19.9	20.1	11.7	6.77	7.87	3.80
MAX	9.72	9.85	14.9	21.0	21.4	42.8	47.4	87.9	47.5	18.3	29.1	10.3
(WY)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(2000)	(1992)	(1998)	(1999)	(1999)	(1998)	(1998)	(1999)
MIN	1.26	0.79	0.76	1.51	1.74	3.82	7.90	4.15	1.87	1.04	0.58	0.73
(WY)	(1992)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(2002)	(1997)	(1994)	(1994)	(1994)	(1994)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1992 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	2,330.18	3,719.9
ANNUAL MEAN	6.38	10.2	10.1
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			21.8 1999
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			5.03 1997
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	35 Aug 27	120 Apr 26	e348 May 1, 1999
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.98 Jul 16	e1.7 Oct 1	0.43 Aug 24, 1994
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1.5 Jul 31	3.4 Jan 30	0.45 Aug 21, 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		205 Aug 30	a900 Jul 30, 1998
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		6.07 Aug 30	b9.65 Jul 30, 1998
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	4,620	7,380	7,310
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11	20	21
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.3	6.2	6.2
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.7	4.4	1.4

e Estimated. a From slope-area measurement of peak flow. b From floodmark.